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Investors might be looking around every corner when analyzing shares of Kayne Anderson MLP/Midstream Investment Company (NYSE:KYN). Many investors will closely track a stock when it nears a major historical high or low point. Let’s take a quick peek at some major historical highs and lows for the stock:

Traders using technical analysis may be employing moving average indicators to assist with gauging a certain market move or to indicate its strength. Many traders will rely on the EMA or Exponential Moving Average to accomplish this. Checking on some recent levels we can see that the 10 day EMA is 16.021517, the 20 day is 16.01421, and the 30 day is 16.079939. Pulling back a bit, we note that the 100 day EMA is 16.757687, the 50 day is 16.268965, and the 200 day EMA is 17.33667.

A good way for investors to understand stock price movements is to look at how it has performed at various intervals in the past. Tracking shares of Kayne Anderson MLP/Midstream Investment Company (NYSE:KYN), we see that the most recent close price was 16.2 Year-to-date: -14.960629 Prior week: 2.59658 Prior month: -1.0989012 Last 6 months:-15.492958 Last 3 months: -12.856375

After a recent check, we see that the Bull Bear Power reading is 0.5400143. Moving to some volatility readings, we see that the current value is 3.613707. Looking out for the week, volatility is 2.3699114. For the previous month, volatility is at 2.539053. Investors often track volatility across sectors to compare with the overall volatility in the market.

Traders use pivot point analysis to help determine key levels where a stock price may react. Tracking these turn around levels may help the trader while attempting stock analysis. Looking at some current one month pivots, we note that the Fibonacci pivot is 15.959367 while the Fibonacci support 1 pivot is 15.627752, and the Fibonacci support 2 is 15.422881. Checking on the one month Woodie pivot, we note the level at 16.047026. The Woodie support 1 pivot is 15.65595, and the Woodie resistance 1 pivot is 16.52405.

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Following recent trading activity, we note that Kayne Anderson MLP/Midstream Investment Company (NYSE:KYN) has seen a move of -0.24630542% since the open. The prior close was 16.2 and the one month high price is currently 17.6.

Shifting the technical focus to Keltner Channels, we see that the 20 day upper envelope is 16.33145. The 20 day lower envelope is currently 15.696971. Traders may be watching for a breakthrough of the higher or lower Keltner bands.